She picked both sort of.
His team is there for the G20 Summit, where world leaders are meeting.
Their get-together is tense and quick.
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Ryan has to meet with an anonymous she, and he asks Alex to wait.
Instead, once he leaves the room, Alex pulls out an engagement ring (!
), leaves it on the table, and bolts.
On her way out, Alex spots someone who shocks her.
She snaps a photo and calls Shelby, whose reinstatement at the FBI remains intact.
I know were not supposed to speak, she tells Shelby cryptically, but I really need a favor.
I just saw a dead man, Alex adds.
How does Alex know said man should be dead?
Im the one who killed him.
Next, we meet Jeremy Miller at a book signing.
In Boston, a lawyer exiting a courtroom receives one.
In Seattle, a traveler returning from abroad finds one on the dashboard of her car.
And finally, one appears on Alexs desktop.
But its 8:18, Alexs Post-it note time, and her phone rings.
Alex Parrish, you have been chosen for training in the national clandestine services, says a robotic voice.
you gotta leave the bar right now.
She returns to the table, disappoints Ryan, accidentally ruins her own engagement, and heads off.
As she goes, Ryans phone rings, too.
The voice directs Alex to Camp Peary for training, where Ryan arrives shortly after she does.
Alex reacts immediately, angry that his undercover assignment feels like spying on her again.
Ryan fires back, frustrated with Alexs deception.
(Does this feel familiar?)
Im here for the FBI, says Ryan.
So am I, retorts Alex.
Suddenly, Quantico is a relevant title all over again.
NEXT: Who is Jeremy Miller?
A year earlier,things arent going very well, either.
Miranda and Keyes suspect The Farms lead instructor Owen Hall.
(Man, the government sure does have a hard time finding good instructors these days!)
Alex and Ryans mission is to get close and get recruited into the rogue group.
Keyes agrees and suggests they go back to being colleagues only.
Look, I know its the bureaus job to police the intelligence community, Ryan says, but undercover?
Surrounded by a bunch of future anarchists?!
Alex finishes his thought, Thats insane!
It sure is, and thats why we love you,Quantico.
As training kicks off the following morning, we meet several of Alex and Ryans Farm-mates.
We have taken control of a five-block radius in lower Manhattan.
hey await further instruction.
If you obey, it will be over soon.
We will begin with America.
When President Todd refuses to bow to terrorists, they threaten to kill his wife.
NEXT: 1, 2, 3, Jump!
In flashbacks,Owen Hall is giving the trainees their first assignment: elicitation.
Harry Doyle wins, as a handful of recruits are sent home, but he cant celebrate for long.
Sober up quickly, Owen says.
In one hour, youre jumping out of a plane.
Once onboard, the recruits all have to jump without hesitation.
Harry does so immediately.
Jeremy struggles and ultimately cant make the leap, so hes told hes done with The Farm.
As Leon prepares for his turn, Lydia reveals to Alex theres something wrong with her harness.
She refuses to tell Owen because she doesnt want to get cut, so she gets up to jump.
Ryan slides over and tells Alex that Leon has pieced together how theyre more than just colleagues.
You think I want you doubting how much I love you?
Alex expects congratulations and thanks when they all land safely but neither are coming.
Dont ever ignore my instructions again, says Owen.
You interfered with a fellow recruit.
The FBI might train you to be a hero, she sneers.
But in the agency the mission comes first.
(Speaking for all of us, Harry quips, Bit of an extreme example, isnt it?)
Despite her heroics, Alex makes the final cut.
But Alex stops him.
When this mission is complete, and when weve gone through this together, show me then.
They promise theyll lie to everyone else, but never again to each other.
Hes in the middle of sliding a pin into the Philippines, on a world map filled with pins.
Moving back to the future,outside the G20 summit, Alex is on the move.
Shes snuck into the building and is rooting through the CLFs crates when one of them catches her.
She knocks off his mask and Jeremy Miller, a.k.a.
Paolo Silva, is staring back at her.
Youre wrong about a lot of things, he counters, before jumping out of the window and escaping.
And as she says so to Ryan, the CLF raises a machete to the first lady.
Alex appears just offstage… Can she get there in time?
A few other questions linger at the end of episode 1:
